Improvement in carpet-fasteners



F. 0. CLARK. CARPET-FASTWEB.

No. 174,063. .Patented Feb. 29,1-876.

N. PETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPER, WASHINGTON, D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT CEEICE.

FRANCIS o. CLARK, oE'DEs MOINES, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT |N cARPET-FAsTENERs.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 174,063, dated February 29, 1876; application tiled September 20, 1875.

To all whom Ait may concern A Beit known that I, FRANCIS O. CLARK, of Des Moines, in the county of Polk and State of Iowa, have invented certain Improvements in Carpet-Fasteners, of which the following' is a specification `My invention is an improvement on my carpet-fastener patented August 13, 1872, No. 130,360. The cornerpieces and strips are held by pins, the same as in said patent, but the pins to hold the carpet are driven directly into thextloor, therefore, my invention consists in connecting the corner-pieces and strips to the Hoor by independent notched pins, and fastening the carpet by a separate series of pointed nails.

My drawing is a perspective view showing the manner ot' placing the two rows of nails to Y hold the carpet and the corner-strip, which conceals the nails and the edge of the carpet, and illustrates my improvement.

A A are the base-boards, joined -in the corner ot' a room. B B represents apiece of carpet on. the iioor. a a a represent a row of straight headless nails or pins, driven into the floor close tothe bottom of' the base-board. b b bis a second row ot' nails, having a point at each end, and a collar or shoulder in the middle, driven into the door along a line suf- Iiciently far from the bottom of the base-board to admit the edge of the carpet to be conveniently hooked thereon. Any suitable instrument or setting' device having a hole or cavity to admit the upper ends of the nails designed to project above the tloor may be used to-drive thel pins a and nails b in their respective positions, where they can remain permanently. The pointed nails b should incline toward the base-boards to prevent the edge Vof the carpet from slipping CII. C represents a solid corner-piece, conforming in size and shape with my movable sections of sheetmetal carpet-strip D D. It may be cast or.

stamped in. form with dies, complete in -one piece, with a shoulder at each end to l'orm a 1ap-joint with the movable sheetmetal strips D, that will engage and retain it when they are secured by the pins a, clamping their flanges f against the base-boards A. The edges of the carpet may be hemmed or bound to strengthen them and prevent stretching and breaking.

Eylets or rings may be secured thereto, in positions corresponding with the nails b, to facilitate the putting down and taking up of the carpet.

'lo secure a carpet by means of my fastener, tirst drive the two rows of nails, a and b, in their respective positions. The closer the nails are to each other in their respective lines, the more securely the carpet and the corner-strips will beheld thereby. The carpet-nails bmay, ordinarily, be about six inches apart. The carpet-strip pins a may be about three feet apart, or two or more pins 'for each section of movable strip D f. When the carpet is stretched, and its edges secured to the inclined projecting points of the nails b, the corner-pieces C can be set in place, and the sections of sheet-metal strips D connected and secured by pressing their vertical flanges f between the projecting pins a and the baseboard A.

A durable and ornamental carpet-stri p can be thus readily placed in position around the room to cover alld conceal the edges of the carpet and the two rows of' nails, and to prevent dirt ot' all kinds from gathering along the bottom of the base-board and the edges ofthe carpet, from whence it is usually difcult to remove it.

To free and remove the carpet, simply press some pointed instrument under one of the movable sections D of the corner-strip, and ,raise it. You can readily raise each piece and vliftit away, and then unlock the edges ot' the carpet, and remove it without drawing a sin,- gle nail, all ot' which can remain as permanent fixtures.

I do not claim the pins a, and nails Zi as new devices, and I am aware that the corner-pieces C and corner-strips D are described in my former patent, hereinbei'ore referred to 5 but 'I claim that my manner ot' arranging andv `combining the different devices employed to fasten a carpet, and to conceal the edge and the nails,.is new and greatly advantageous.

I claim as my invention In a carpet-fastener, the pins a and the iudependent pointed fasteners b, attached to `the i'loor near the base-board A, in combination with the corner-pieces C and strips D, as and for the purposes set forth.

FRANCIS O. CLARK. Witnesses:

S. F. SPoEEoRD, R. G. OEWIG. 

